Jay-Z, Ashanti, Fat Joe ... from Queens and it’s an honor and a privilege to have known him. Irv you will be missed.” Gotti ...

As TMZ reports, attendees included former Murder Inc. artists Ja Rule, Ashanti, Lloyd, Charli Baltimore and Vita, as well as Jay-Z and ... of Gotti's life. "I just wanna say, Irv, I love you ...

Irv Gotti died Feb. 5 at the age of 54 after suffering ... topping Billboard Hot 100 hits from Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe and Ye. After helping bring DMX to Def Jam ...

By Gail Mitchell A private funeral service for Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti was held Wednesday ... Also at the service, in addition to Gotti’s family, were Jay-Z (sitting in the front ...

The cause of his death is not yet confirmed. Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of the record label Murder Inc ...

Jay-Z was among the artists who attended Irv Gotti's funeral. While the two were once close, Irv and Jay-Z later had beef with each other. In the interview, Irv expressed regret at his decision ...

Irv Gotti — the famed music producer and record ... gaining producer credits for hip-hop legends like Jay-Z, DMX, Kanye West, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Eve and more. News of Gotti’s death first ...

Prior to founding Murder Inc. in 1999, Irv Gotti was a DJ and record producer (he has a production credit on Jay-Z’s debut album, “Reasonable Doubt”) who became an A&R executive at Def Jam.

Gotti – christened as such by Jay-Z – started out as a tastemaker at Def Jam and had an early credit as DJ Irv on “Can I Live”, which featured on the rapper’s 1996 debut. He went on to ...

Famed music executive Irv Gotti, founder of hip-hop label Murder ... major stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Jay-Z. He also faced a host of legal issues when he and his sibling ...

Irv Gotti, the co-founder of music label Murder ... before moving to Def Jam, where he worked with Jay-Z and DMX. Def Jam gave Mr. Gotti $3 million in 1997 to start his own label, Murder Inc ...